This building, which was built before the Civil War, was a county courthouse. It is now used mostly — perhaps exclusively, I couldn't quite tell — as a library. Pretty cool, isn't it? That combines my two loves in buildings — libraries and courthouses. Where is it? I can't wait to spend some quality time in this county sometime soon going through the antebellum probate records. (Or, more accurately, taking lots of pictures of their probate records for analysis later. My motto when it comes to research, of course, is take pictures first, ask questions/analyze data later.)
Antebellum Courthouse (Now Library) Trivia
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Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama. ["Wilcox County Public Library" is just visible on the sign on the balcony].
A beautiful building — glad they found a way to reuse it instead of demolishing it.
Very nicely done, Brian. (You have a better computer monitor than me — or better eyesight or something. I can't see the Wilcox County Public Library sign.) It is a really beautiful building — and like you I'm delighted it's still there, obviously. The two wings added sometime relatively recently (I think in the 1940s) were done well, so they don't detract from the courthouse. I hope to visit there sometime when the building is open. It's well worth the trip — though I must confess that's a far piece from an airport.
Good for you, Brian. I got stuck on Googling the campaign signs at the curb and struck out.
I thought the campaign signs were going to be helpful, Bill.